Archive | February, 2019

DAVAO
City (DSWD XI) -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field
Office XI through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has launched a total
of 222 SLP Associations (SLPA) in Davao Region as of February 8.

A
total of P62-million worth of capital assistance for the respective livelihood
projects of the associations were turned over to the 4,337 participants of the
program.

Regional
Director Mercedita P. Jabagat, Assistant Regional Director for Operations
Rebecca A. Santamaria, Promotive Services Division Chief Merlinda A. Paragamac,
Regional Program Coordinator of SLP Maria Victoria N. Arancon, SLP provincial
coordinators, and some members of the SLP Regional Program Management Office
(RPMO) including some staffs from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
represented the Department to the launching and turnover ceremonies in the
various municipalities and provinces in the region.

“The
key to the successes of your projects is unity. Always coordinate with the
other members in your association. Aspire to be transparent in all transactions
which involve the grant awarded to you. Make use of the same to better the
lives of your children,” RD Jabagat said during the ceremony in Don Marcelino,
Davao Occidental.

Some
projects ventured by the livelihood groups are Rice-Retailing, Food Processing,
Vegetable and Livestock Production, General Merchandise, and Meat and Fish
Vending.

“The
SLP empowers the communities by making them decide what their projects are. We
also equip them with the skills suitable for their identified projects through
the conduct of trainings by our field staffs,” said ARDO Santamaria.

The
Sustainable Livelihood Program aims to provide access to resources that will
improve the productivity of the participants’ already existing livelihood. It
is open to every Filipino family especially the poor, marginalized, vulnerable,
and disadvantaged. (DSWD)

NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley — Six associations in Maragusan town received on Thursday, February 7, a total of PhP 1.67 million seed capital under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Like other government funded program, the mayor
hoped that the beneficiaries will take good care of the livelihood project.

The SLP is a capability building program for poor, vulnerable and marginalized families and individuals in acquiring necessary assets to engage in and maintain thriving livelihoods that help improve their socioeconomic conditions. (PIA11)

LUPON, Davao Oriental (DSWD XI) -A total of Php
768,000.00 worth of checks was released to three (3) Sustainable Livelihood Program
Associations (SLPAs) here last week of January through the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program.

Said livelihood beneficiaries have earlier agreed to
venture into community projects like Hog Raising, Fishing Boat, Fish Pond and
Bangus Production.

The Sustainable Livelihood Program aims to provide access to resources
that will improve the productivity of the participants’ already existing livelihood.
It is open to every Filipino family especially the poor, marginalized,
vulnerable, and disadvantaged. (DSWD)

DAVAO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) Field Office XI is reminding the public, especially the beneficiaries of
the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that no political candidate or
incumbent politicians can enroll and include poor families or delist them from
the program.

Earlier, DSWD received reports that there are some political
candidates who threaten beneficiaries of being delisted if they do not vote for
them or the candidate they are endorsing.

“Only DSWD can include poor families in the program and can
delist beneficiaries from it. A household can only be removed from the program
if it does not comply with the program conditions or does not have eligible children,”
DSWD Regional Director Mercedita P. Jabagat said.

Identification of Pantawid beneficiaries was based solely on
Listahanan, the Department’s information management system that identifies who
and where the poor are through household assessment.

DSWD shall ensure that beneficiaries are protected from undue
politicking and must remain free of political influence and manipulation. Beneficiaries
can only be delisted if proven that they do not adhere to the conditionalities
set by the program which include regular attendance of their children in
school, attendance of parent-beneficiaries in the monthly Family Development
Session, and regular check-up of mothers and children in health centers,
Director Jabagat said.

DSWD encourages the general public to be more vigilant and to
report politicians claiming credit from the program or such activities that aim
to discredit the integrity of Pantawid Pamilya.

The public may file their complaints through Grievance Text
Hotline 0918-912-2813 or via social media -Facebook: DSWD Region XI; Twiiter:
@dswdfo11; Instagram: @dswdfo11, or they can visit the DSWD Regional Office or
directly report to concerned Pantawid Municipal or City Link.

Pantawid Pamilya is a human development program of the national
government that invests in the health and education of poor households
primarily of children aged 0-18. To date there are 255,002 beneficiaries in
Davao Region. (DSWD)

The
MCCT-IP (Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Indigenous Peoples) program
aims to reach out to families who are definitely poor and more vulnerable and
disadvantaged but are not covered by the regular Conditional Cash Transfer
Program or the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. (DSWD)

DAVAO
CITY (DSWD XI) -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field
Office 11 has released 14,150 family food packs to eight (8) municipalities in
Compostela Valley, nine (9) municipalities in Davao del Norte, and six (6)
barangays in Davao City which were affected by some flooding and landslide
incidents brought about by the tail end of a cold front which began last week
of January.

More
than 67,153 families or 277,579 individuals received the assistance.

Meanwhile,
9,135 family food packs were also released to Manay, Davao Oriental and 15,150
more are expected to be distributed within the week in the municipalities of
Caraga and Tarragona, also in Davao Oriental due to the effects of the recent low
pressure area (LPA).

The Department, as the forefront of the
government in disaster response and recovery, continuously commits to provide
immediate relief and early recovery to disaster affected families and
individuals in the country. (DSWD)